About the play
An Everyday Story of Windsor Folk
In this, Shakespeare’s only English comedy, audiences are introduced to Merry England in its truest form. Unlike the history plays which offer narratives of significant military and political events, or the tragedies of kings, The Merry Wives of Windsor moves away from the aristocratic, elite perspective of the English national identity, to observe a slice of the everyday lives of the inhabitants and visitors who make up the community of the small town clustered around the foot of the castle walls.
Cast
George Page:
Mistress Page:
Anne Page:
Frank Ford:
Mistress Ford:
Pistol/John:
Nym/Robert:
Sir Hugh Evans:
Doctor Caius:
Mistress Quickly:
The Host:
Fenton:
Sir John Falstaff:
Robin:
Robert Shallow:
Abraham Slender:
Peter Simple:
The Children of Windsor:
